S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
250 to 300 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
14 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
390 to 550 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.8 to 53 | |
34 to 35 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
830 to 1000 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
440 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
39 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
2.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
24 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
54 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
2.8 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
110 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
980 to 1940 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
29 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
25 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0.27 to 0.34 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
1.3 to 1.7 |
Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
95.7 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.15 |